Verdant Zeal Supports Save Our Needy

We are happy to announce we have a new partner! The staff of Verdant Zeal, a Communications company, donated used clothes to the Save Our Needy team last week Friday, November 27th 2014. The clothes received will be given to disadvantaged and needy people in the course of SON's outreach programs.

Save Our Needy Celebrates World AIDS Day

We joined the world in celebrating World AIDS Day on Monday, December 1st.

One of the main objectives of Save Our Needy is to create awareness
for killer diseases including HIV and AIDS, and also provide support
(financial and material) to disadvantaged people particularly youth
and women suffering from these diseases.

For this reason, the S.O.N team reached out on World AIDS Day to young
people and women in Ojo, a neighborhood in Lagos State. Flyers,
condoms (male and female) and t-shirts were distributed to people (
sex workers,students, market women, etc) to mark the day.

AIDS is Still Taking Lives. Protect yourself. "Get Condomised." Say NO
to Multiple Sex Partners.

Remember...Safe sex is good but Abstinence is better.

UNICEF launches #IMAGINE Project

Thursday, November 20th 2014 became a special date on the global
calendar as UNICEF launched the #IMAGINE campaign in New York City to
celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Convention on the rights of a
child.

The campaign, which included a re-recording of John Lennon's classic
song "Imagine" led by Yoko Ono, is intended to help raise awareness of
children's rights.

We are so proud of Don Jazzy (real name, Michael Collins Ajereh),
Nigerian multiple award-winning producer and artiste who performed on
stage alongside renowned artistes including Angelique Kidjo, Brazilian
songwriter Daniela Mercury, Swedish-Iranian pop sensation Laleh
Pourkarim, cellist Trey Lee from Hong Kong and Kristian Kostov, the
winner of the Russian The Voice.

The event hosted by Golden Globe and award-winning actor, Hugh
Jackman, brought together some of the world's biggest names in music,
film, fashion and entertainment. Katy Perry, Steve Harvey, David
Guetta, Idris Elba, Courtney Cox, Nicole Scherzinger, Yoko Ono and
Priyanka Chopra were all there to lend their support.

#IMAGINE Project aims to create a unique moment in music history that
highlights the tremendous challenges children face the world over.

Everyone who records the song has the chance to have their vocals and
videos used in the UNICEF version of Imagine and in the accompanying
interactive music video, which will be released in the lead up to New
Year's Eve 2014.


IMAGINE participants can share their own recording of Lennon's classic
song with friends and family on social media and encourage others to
perform Imagine too. They can also record personal messages describing
what they imagine a better world for children would be like.

Save Our Needy celebrates Project Happy Day with orphans in Ajegunle, Lagos.

In our own little way, we have once again reached out to orphans and needy children. 

More than 100 vulnerable children including children from Chosen Child Orphanage and Care Center located in Ajegunle, a disadvantaged neighborhood in Lagos State, Nigeria, benefited from "Project Happy Day" last Friday, November 21st 2014.

The SON team was warmly received by Mrs. Louisa Ayuba, the caregiver of Chosen Child Orphanage. All the lovely kids had smiles on their faces throughout the event as they were given food items, clothes, toiletries and toys by the Save Our Needy team.

A very big and sincere "Thank You" from the bottom of our hearts to the wonderful donors (who wish to remain anonymous) who generously contributed to the success of this project. You are indeed beautiful inside and outside. We thank you for your unquantifiable support and encouragement.

Remember "God loves a cheerful giver" and "givers never lack."

To know about our future projects, kindly visit our website: www.saveourneedy.org
 
Please send your financial support to: 
SAVE OUR NEEDY ORGANISATION
0168556004
GUARANTY TRUST BANK (GTBank)

You can also contact us on saveourneedy@gmail.com or contact@saveourneedy.org for material donations.
Tel +234 9025600734
Thank you!!!

Celebrating the International Day of The Girl-Child

Yesterday, October 11, was the International Day of the Girl-Child.

We celebrate all girls around the globe. We seize this opportunity to congratulate 17 year old Malala Yousafzai on her recent Nobel Peace prize win, thus making her the youngest person ever to be bestowed with such honor.

We salute the courage of Pakistani --born Malala, who  against all odds is pursuing her dream of becoming educated. She is not only pursuing her dreams, she has now become an activist for other girls who are not as fortunate as herself to achieve their own dreams. Thank you Malala!


 


We urge everyone to spare a thought and prayer for the more than 200 Nigerian girls abducted from their school by the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram, since the month of April. We pray for their safety and return to their families. These innocent girls were kidnapped just because Boko Haram is averse to education particularly female education.






Let us all join hands to protect young girls around the world particularly in Africa.

Please support our girl-child initiatives. Every girl deserves to be educated. Every girl deserves to be given an opportunity to succeed in life. STOP THE DISCRIMINATION NOW!
www.saveourneedy.org

#BringBackOurGirls

We join in the struggle to bring back the Chibok girls ALIVE. We have always supported and encouraged girl-child education through our girl-child initiatives. We will do everything within our means to ensure the African girl child is educated as we believe in the power of women and girls to bring positive change in the world. We believe in "Girl Power". It is therefore disheartening to note that some people are trying to "stop" the spread of Western education especially for girls in Nigeria.

Our hearts bleed for the innocent Chibok girls kidnapped from their school since last April in Nigeria.

Please lend your voice to this cause so the girls can be brought back to their distraught families alive.

Join in the fight to #BringBackOurGirls.

We Celebrate All Women Today

Typically, Women’s Day is celebrated all over the world today. From Nigeria to the Republic of Benin where Save Our Needy is actively touching lives, women from all walks of life have come out in large numbers, beautifully attired to celebrate their day.

The SON theme for Women’s Day this year, is ‘’Women: Be An Inspiration To Others’’. In the French language, it is: ‘’Femmes, Soyez Une Inspiration Pour Les Autres.’’

We hope by this theme to see more women become role models no matter where they come from or what social class they belong to. From the poor street seller to top female executives, we hope to see more women becoming a source of inspiration to their children, husbands, co-workers, neighbours and all those they come in contact with on a daily basis.

This year we are particularly celebrating Lupita Nyong’o who despite being black and from Africa, won the Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards (America’s most celebrated movie award) for her role in the movie 12 Years A Slave. Although not from an impoverished background, Lupita is an inspiration to many young, black women all over the world today. If Lupita could do it, why can’t you? As she rightly said, ‘’No matter where you are from, your dreams are valid.’’ Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. This is our message to you.

We at SON wish to see many more women at the top. There is room at the top.

We wish women all over the world a Happy Women’s’ Day!!!